Ready to take a swandive out the window after my computer!!! Please help!!

I am going nuts. I got an iPod Nano today, and being as I already had the iPod shuffle, I thought I could just hook it up and fly at 'er. But no... I am ready to pitch the computer out the window. I am given a message when I hook the nano up that I need to update to iTunes7. All well and good, I follow through with what I think are the necessary steps. I go to the site, and click on download now, and no downloading occurs, but a thanks for downloading sign pops up on the next page. What am I doing wrong? I have been here for over six hours, and I'm so frustrated. Please help!!

I had the problem, too. First, make sure all of your pop-up blockers are off. One time I tried downloading it and it went straight to the "Thank You" page, but with no box saying to Run or Save As. After I checked my pop-up blocker, I noticed the box had been blocked. When I turned it off, it worked fine.
Since I'm having other problems, I've had to uninstall and reinstall iTunes and QT about 7 or 8 times now (still having stupid problems though). The second time the same thing happened..it went straight to the "Thank You" page. My pop-up blocker was turned off, so I just hit the back button, refreshed the page, and tried again. It took a couple of times, but eventually the box popped up to download the new iTunes.
I hope this will help you. :o) I'm off to try and fix my problem now. I've been working on it for 4 days now. I might just take that swandive out the windown with you! Haha :o)

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Please Help! Ready to throw my iPhone out the window!

First time posting on the forums but it's gotten to the point where my phone isn't even usable and I either need some answers or a good excuse to smash it.
So here's the story:
I got my iPhone 3G (black, 16GB) in September (I think), last year. The phone operated fine with only minor annoyances as software updates came down to fix issues, no big deal. About 10 months in, the phone starts acting up:
If you want clarification on some problem, ask. I don’t want to type out 8 paragraphs if I don’t have to, should be pretty self-explanatory.
Before OS 3:
1.) Can’t slide to answer calls. After ringing stops phone behaves normally.
2.) Doesn’t charge from wall or computer (happened randomly). Plug phone in, it says it’s charging but never charges.
3.) Can’t end calls / call doesn’t end when other line is hung up (thanks for wasting my minutes).
(these problems persist even with hard resets and full restores, including setting the phone up as a new phone rather than restoring from a backup)
After OS 3 AND full restore:
1.) Can’t slide to answer calls. After ringing stops phone behaves normally.
2.) Can’t end calls / call doesn’t end when other line is hung up (thanks for wasting my minutes).
(same as above, problems persist with hard resets and the like)
At any rate, I was home one weekend and figured I’d take the phone to the Genius bar at the Mayfair Mall Apple Store. Sounded like a good plan until I get to the mall and find the store is being renovated (seriously Apple, you can’t just put that on your site that a store is closed for some reason? Give me a break). Home is 3 hours away for me and the closest Apple store is 2.5 hours away. Awesome.
I deal with the problems for another month or so until my girlfriend and I take a trip to visit her friend in Minnesota. While there we go to the Mall of America so I decide to go to the Apple Store there (which is flappin’ giant, by the way). I explain my problems to the ‘Genius’ as well as informing him of the numerous restores/resets I’ve done both before and after the 3.0 update. He checks the phone for water damage and concludes that the headphone/dock ports are dusty which is causing the charging problem. I proceed to tell him I’ve cleaned them with compressed air before and the problems continued but he’s the ‘Genius’ so I let him do his thing and clean them again. Afterwards, he concludes (via the iPhone diagnostic software they have) that since I haven’t done a restore in about a month that I should do another one as that will likely remedy the problem. Right. Was he even listening when I explained that the problems happened before and after the 3.0 update or that I had on numerous occasions attempted to remedy the problem with hard resets and restores? Nope. My girlfriend over hears this (she is aware of the problems I was having and is a Apple-certified hardware technician at our local Mac store) and comes over to reiterate (albeit slightly more forcefully than I had initially) that the problems occur regardless of restore state or software version. The ‘Genius’ finally decides he can replace the phone after explaining to him that we are not anywhere near an Apple store and that there’s little time left in the warranty. I get my new phone set up and ready to go. Whew.
Everything is great. Phone works, no issues. Until ~2 months ago, new issues start cropping up.
OS 3.1+ (happen on all versions):
1.) Can’t sync, get “unable to complete. Phone was disconnected.” Error. (I checked around the forums and tried a few things but was unable to resolve the issue, including trying to remove the files that it kept ‘disconnecting’ on when it got to, no effect)
2.) Installing an application (be it via App Store on the phone or via sync with my desktop) results in the phone being unable to boot if turned off. When attempting to turn it back on, Apple logo shows then phone goes off after a few seconds. Only way to resolve this is by booting the phone directly to restore mode and doing a full restore.
3.) Earlier this week, my phone wouldn’t boot after having no apps (0, zero, zip, nada) on it after restoring it a few weeks back. Apple logo showed up then the spinning loading animation overlaid on the logo only to freeze. Attempted booting again and it came on (whew).
4.) Today, my phone wouldn’t boot at all, again, no apps are on or have been on the phone since I last restored it. Tried turning it off/on a few times, no good. I ended up restoring the phone again.
At first, my girlfriend was convinced that it was because I was synching with my desktop PC (obviously, blame it on the PC first), which I’ve been using since I got the phone and everything was fine until both phones randomly decided to crap out. I ended up restoring it on my MacBook Pro as a new phone just to see but the same thing happens with the apps causing it to not boot. After that we thought that it might be a single (or a few) apps that were just taking the phone down for some reason. I restored the phone with no apps and it seemed to be ok so I put 3 apps that I’ve had pretty much since they were available (and used to work without issue) back on to see. The plan was to add a few apps until the phone stopped working properly to narrow down the offending app. Just kidding! Just having those 3 apps (Beejive IM, Facebook, iDracula) causes the phone to not boot. I restore and try just Facebook. Same thing, phone doesn’t boot. Restore, try just Beejive. Same thing, phone won’t boot. By the way, the phone doesn’t boot even without me having LAUNCHED THE APPS AT ALL. Just by being on my phone it’s totally hosed.
At this point I have no idea what to do. I want to like my iPhone again but it’s terribly worthless when I have to restore it every other day and can’t use my ~$90 worth of apps (PS: even Apple’s own ‘Remote’ app brings the phone down). I really, really hate to say it but my old HTC Hermes (Windows Mobile 5/6) PDA phone was better than this (and WinMo is god-awful).
Does anyone have any suggestions? My phone is out of warranty now and I don’t have money to buy another phone even if I wanted to.
Also, I treat my phone like a baby. It hasn't been dropped a single time, been near water, or operated outside of the safe operating temp guidlines.
I'm willing to elaborate on any of the information I provided above, just let me know.
Message was edited by: xxjudgmentxx

After the restore did the phone work properly for a while? Say, a day or so?
If so it is possible you have an app that doesn't let go of memory properly. I reboot my iPhone ( hold sleep/wake and hole till you see the apple logo) every few days. This resets the memory. The iPhone OS has doesn't seem to mange memory very well yet. So a reboot will help with that. I have had my phone almost slow to a stop before I started rebooting. Always reboot after installing a new app. Also do you close all pages in Safari when you are done? This is a good practice. Safari will run in the background and use processor time and drain your battery quicker. Create a new blank page then close all others when you are done browsing for a while. I have also found that certain web site that have animated images like weather maps will turn the phone into molasses. As soon as i close that page it gets faster.
If all of the above have no effect then as Tamara said it is time for a trip to the Genius bar.
Good luck

Ready to throw my imac out the window!!

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After you've installed it, right-click a text field and make sure the "Check Spelling" option is enabled. Then in the Language submenu you can find "English (United Kingdom)". You can use the following add-on to automatically switch the language for the spell checker.
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Help! im about to throw this out the window if no one will help me

I had adobe digital editions on my other computer which broke, this one wont let me down load
im about to get a different reader if ADOBE cant get off its *** and help me

I'm totally frustrated, too. It seems like there's not much support. I was on here over a year ago and I got support right away, and it seemed like there was some staff person helping. I don't know what good it does to have Adobe Digital Editions for free if they aren't going to have any real assistance. I had problems with an older version and had to upgrade to 2.0. That worked for a long time, but now it's not working. So, I deleted it like your suppose to and downloaded 3.0, but that doesn't work. I've tried over and over. I even tried downloading 2.0 again and that doesn't work. Nothing works! And, there's no way to read the files. I've tried all kinds of programs. I've got 555 books. It looks like I'm going to have to give up on Adobe. I'll have to download my books from to my Kindle app. At least I know Kindle works. This Adobe Digital looks nice, but if they aren't going to help, I'll just never use it again.

STILL can't get Videos into 5G iPod , Ready to throw it out the window

I'm ready to throw this iPod out the window , I spent all day yesterday over 10 hours , trying to get videos onto my iPod , my iPod software and iTunes are up tp date , first I just drag and dropped them as MPEG no luck iTunes recognized and played them but wouldn't let me drag and drop them to the iPod then I used iSquint , it converted them to MPEG 4 , they transferd into iTunes and played but not the iPod I got an error that they weren't transferable and not recognized by the iPod .
I called Appe this morning and they were no help since I didn't get the Vid's from the appple store and since you only get one free service call ,and wouldn't tell me the format for the videos I didn't want to waste it . They suggested I buy Quicktime Pro .
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Then ,I tried the custom settings file format MP4 , video format , MPEG-4 Improved , Image Size 320 X 240 QVGA , again I tried to drag and drop them onto the iPod still not there , now I tried to drag and drop unto iTunes , again they're there and play but won't show up on the iPod . I've pretty much had it .
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Today I have 6 hours of frustration into this still no luck . I'm really disappointed with Apple ,I started out with the first iMac a Bondi Blue and have been working my way up , I have an iBook , an iMac Graphite , a G4 iMac a 15G 3G iPod now the 5G iPod . Apple should have included Quick Time pro in the G5 , and only one support call, come on , even Dell gives you a year of support .
And to top it all off the Black is beautiful but scratches easily , I'm a chef , my nails very short and allready it's scratched to bits by the wheel, I keep it in a case when I'm playing it , you can hardly touch it . I'm not very happy with Apple and this iPod , they rushed it out for the holiday , so if your in the jacksonville Florida area look for a flying iPod .

Lets run down a list of possibilities:
1) You are using iTunes 6 here, correct?
2) You did not say whether or not you are running in auto-sync, manual management, or "Enable Disk" mode. If you left it in the default mode as installed (auto-sync), then after dropping your movies into iTunes (or adding them to the Library), simply connect your iPod and allow it to auto-sync (mirror) the current contents of iTunes. (You can also try "Update iPod" option under the File menu, but I have found it unreliable -- possibly owing to "sleeping" iPod.)
3) Not sure if your reference to "dropping the movie on the iPod" is a reference to the iPod desk icon in manua/disk enabled mode or the iPod "Source" reference/associaed contents list in iTunes. Could you clarify where you are attempting to "drag 'n drop" and/or the selected sync mode of operation in your iPod Preferences.
4) As to conversion to iPod compatible formats, recommend you stick with MoviesForMyPod and/or iSquint if you are restricted to QT Pro 6 and not sure what settings to use for MPEG4 preset collection/QuickTime Movie full manual mode.

Linksys connection problems (ready to throw the thing out the window)

I own a G4 powerbook OSX 10.3.9. and use a WRT54G v5 router. Everything was working fine up until a week ago. Now, I am CONSTANTLY losing my connection and because of this, I have to reboot the router every day. Even then the signal only works for a few hours. I've upgraded to the latest firmware and that hasn't helped.
I'm at my wits end here and don't know what to do. It's so very frustrating. Can anyone make any suggestions? I'm seriously ready to throw my powerbook out the window.
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Ready to throw the printer out the window!!!!!!!

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Getting error code 1611 when trying to restore my Ipod. I have tried a forced restore and disabling my computer security and still nothing...ready to throw it out the window at this stage...help!!

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My ipad says your Apple ID has been disabled. Ready to throw this out the window. Apple store could not help. The instructions on the web are useless. Anyone found the solution?

Sorry, does this link work
http://www.apple.com/support/appleid/
I ended up having them call me then was able to give them 1 of my secret questions right and they reset things so I could reset all my secret questions.
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Any suggestions??
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hi,
I have received the 'unsufficient bandwidth' and 'user not reponding' responses for months now. i just can't audio chat - haven't been able to for months!!! (but i can text chat)
I WAS able to audio chat when i first got my mac (it was brilliant!), then about a week later - gone - won't work. i haven't been able to get it to work since.
when i take my powerbook to my friends house, and connect wirelessly to her d-link modem, then yes - i can audio chat with her. no problems.
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I have spent COUNTLESS hours on help lines to mac, netgear, my service providers. i've even upgraded my broadband service. i am completely and utterly at my wits end.
today i spent more hours trying to fix it again. i updated my firmware. then i turned off the UPnP, and the netgear guy told me to go in to Firewall Rules and have my mac IP address directly accepted (port forwarding?)....still hasn't fixed the problem.
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Dear Ed
Thank you so much for taking the time to post advice for my problem. Unfortunately in my Netgear SmartWizard options I do not have a Port Forwarding or Port Triggering option.
I have the following:
Setup - basic settings, adsl settings, wireless settings
Security - logs, block sites, firewall rules, services, schedule, email
Maintenance - router status, attached devices, backup settings, set password, diagnostics, router upgrade
Advanced - WAN setup, Dynamic DNS, LAN IP Setup, Remote Management, Static Routes, UPnP
Advanced - VPN - VPN wizard, VPN Policies, VPN status
I looked around for anything resembling what you mentioned and found in Services (under Security) i can add a Custom Service...
...i was able to add iChat 1 and iChat 2 and put the ports (but not my server address - it is set up in Firewall Rules). i chose TCP/UDP for both.
I also added AIM as TCP/UDP. [when i tried to add it as TCP it said "Service Port number was defined by another service" so i was forced to choose TCP.]
unfortunately this has not helped. This is probably way too much info for you, as your settings aren't like mine. but am hoping either you or someone may have an idea of what else i could do.
regardless, thanks so much for your help.
Lily

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You may have to see about using the Recovery HD partition to attempt to erase and restore useful function of the capacity lost to the former Windows installation.
And you may have to backup your contents outside the computer to do it. Disk Utility on the Mac OS X historically has not been able to touch a BootCamp created partition; so if BootCamp cannot remove it, then you have to see how to do the equivalent of a reformat of the entire drive (less Recovery partition?) then reinstall your OS X. Maybe from internet recovery, then get your applications, etc from the Mac App store, etc.
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With my antiques, they almost know what I want before I tell them.
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HELP! I am about th throw this iPhone out the window!

I have had to restore my iPhone TWICE now with tech support guidence. I've has nothing but TROUBLE since both the 3.0 AND the iTunes update, and am BEYOND frustrated!!! I won't even go into all of what else went wrong previously, but now my photos will NOT show up in iTunes to sync on to phone. I have troubleshooted by reading on here...I've tried everything. Before all this trouble I had done it so I know it's not just me. The folders show, but they say 0 pictures.
Again I'm SO SO SO frustrated. A phone I LOVED and was thrilled with has been nothing but pure frustration since the 17th. Everything I do on it is nothing but a hassle and 2 hours of MY minutes with Apple techs!!! I ahve to admit I am in tears right now.
I hope I get some replies (!!!!) and thanks in advance... why will my photos not show up? Just empty folders???

OMG OMG I am so embarrassed....they DID go to the folder as PPSP files. I'm so sorry! Thank you though for taking your time on me. I will go change them all and see if that works. If not I promise i'll come back here before tossing the phone out the window Again I'm sorry...but hey, if it weren't for you I never would have checked. I don't know why it saved them like that!

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